The military installations on the Spratlys in the South China sea, tourists’ playgrounds in Dubai, trash islands of plastic waste ... A great many new islands are rising up today while old ones are going under as sea levels rise. Travelling the globe to investigate new islands both man-made and natural, visiting disappearing islands such as the San Blas archipelago, Panama, and contemplating ideas for the future, including ‘seasteading’ on floating cities, Alastair Bonnett ponders ‘our vexed love affair’ with islands.
'Extraordinary... A fascinating and intelligent book.' Sunday Times
New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing or fragmenting because of rising sea levels. It is a strange planetary spectacle, creating an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with.
In The Age of Islands, explorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes the reader on a compelling and thought-provoking tour of the world's newest, most fragile and beautiful islands and reveals what, he argues, is one of the great dramas of our time.
From a 'crannog', an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea; from the disappearing islands that remain the home of native Central Americans to the ritzy new islands of Dubai; from Hong Kong and the Isles of Scilly to islands far away and near: all have urgent stories to tell.
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